从
從HSK 1freq #70
Meanings
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- 1.from; through; via
- 2.(bound form) to follow
- 3.(bound form) to obey
- 4.(bound form) to engage in (an activity)
- 5.(used before a negative) ever
- 6.(bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) retainer; attendant
- 7.(bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
- 8.(bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 1.surname Cong
- 1.variant of 从[cóng]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to collect; to gather; to assemble; to crowd together
- 2.bush; shrub; thicket; grove
- 3.collection; crowd
- 4.Classifier for plants.
- 5.Classifier for long objects.
- 6.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *zloːŋ): semantic 丵 + phonetic 取 (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C-tsəw-k/ŋ (“to collect; to gather; to assemble”). Cognate with 聚 (OC *zloʔ, *zlos, “to collect; to store”), 族 (OC *zoːɡ, “clan”), 最 (OC *zloːds, “to collect; most”), 稯 (OC *ʔsoːŋ, “sheaf; bundle”) (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
从人
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
风从北边来。
The wind is blowing from the north.
从中选一个。
Choose one from among these.
从那儿下来！
Get down from there.
它从哪里来？
Where did it come from?
他从英国来。
He comes from England.
那从不会发生。
That won't ever happen.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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